Let's say you create some image, and claim ownership over it.
Would it be theft if someone views that image, and thus saves it? Like via the browser/cache, to the computer, or whatever.
I can see that it would be a copyright violation if someone actively hosts that exact picture. Shouldn't be much different from hosting copyrighted audio or video clips.
But then again, if you host that picture on some public website - just the mere fact that someone views it, would also mean that their computer probably has already stored it?
With that said, I do think that sharing copyrighted material, goes under digital theft. And in this case, someone has explicitly shared the media/data.
(I'd imagine that this varies from country to country. What is theft in one country, may not be the same in another.)
Would it be theft if someone views that image, and thus saves it? Like via the browser/cache, to the computer, or whatever.
I can see that it would be a copyright violation if someone actively hosts that exact picture. Shouldn't be much different from hosting copyrighted audio or video clips.
But then again, if you host that picture on some public website - just the mere fact that someone views it, would also mean that their computer probably has already stored it?
With that said, I do think that sharing copyrighted material, goes under digital theft. And in this case, someone has explicitly shared the media/data.
(I'd imagine that this varies from country to country. What is theft in one country, may not be the same in another.)